Boruto: Naruto the Movie is an upcoming 2015 Japanese animated film based on the manga series Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto and directed by Hiroyuki Yamashita in his debut as a film director. It is part of the larger Start of a New Era Project(新時代開幕プロジェクトShinjidai Kaimaku Purojekuto?) to commemorate the series’ 15th anniversary. The film, first teased in the post-credits scene of the previous film, The Last: Naruto the Movie, will tell about the next generation of ninja, in particular Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga’s son, Boruto, and Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno’s daughter, Sarada, both of whom were introduced in the final chapter of the manga series.[2] Kishimoto will once again be involved in the project. It is scheduled to be released in August 7, 2015.[3] On April 13, 2015, the Mainichi Shimbun revealed the first new screenshots.